Jaysin Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Really not sure how to phrase this so bare with me. I've mentioned here before how I plan on writing a novel or at least a series of short stories. Well, I've accumulated a master list of every character and I want to make profiles for each one to reference as I write the actual stories. Ideally, what I'd like to do is set up wiki entries on my laptop similar to how super heroes are on wikipedia. See the link at the bottom for an example. These stories are set in a super hero universe and I love the table set ups with a quick rundown of basic information and the different sections for bio, relationships, powers etc. I don't know jack about coding, so hoping there's a software that lets me enter just the information I want displayed and it does the formatting for me. Is there anything like this available? I won't be posting these online so I would rather not use wikia or whatever. Example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd1 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I've never used it but I pondered a similar thing a while ago and came across World Anvil. It is online but I think you can set your profile to private. As I said I haven't used it so can't vouch for how easy it is to use but probably worth looking at the website all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan93 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I use OneNote for planning TEW Games. It has wikilinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarity Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Ever thought about using something like Scrivener as these usually include note sections to create character bios Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 You guys are awesome. I'll take a gander at all three that's been mentioned this weekend. I knew there had to be something along the lines I was looking forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swanton825 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 World Anvil is fantastic for world building and was straightforward enough for my caveman brain to understand quickly. My favorite part is if you have a writing partner(s) then you can give them editor permissions on your world and they can add entries on their own time so you can collaborate easily with people on the other side of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Swanton825" data-cite="The Swanton825" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="53054" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>World Anvil is fantastic for world building and was straightforward enough for my caveman brain to understand quickly. My favorite part is if you have a writing partner(s) then you can give them editor permissions on your world and they can add entries on their own time so you can collaborate easily with people on the other side of the world.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Do you know of any tutorials for Word Anvil? I tried looking around and was just mega confused.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swanton825 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 <p>I found a playlist of tutorial videos from World Anvil themselves, hopefully this helps:</p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLmurZz9emqGmNQIWOowVjTcXblQhqFduZ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Awesome! I'll have to check em out after work tomorrow. Thanks bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swanton825 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Happy to help! It's been a while since I used World Anvil (I've really slacked on my writing the past few years) but if you have any more trouble, shoot me a PM and I'll see if I can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Thanks bud! I'm currently going through the mountains of notes I leave all over the house whenever I have a new idea 😂 Gotta get that organized before I start typing them all up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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